Improvement in horse-powers



UNITED STATES A'rnlv'r Errea.

HOSEA W. BARLDW, OF WYATTVILLE, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-PQWERS.

Specification forming patt of Letters Patent N0. 149,9752, dated April2l, 1874; application tiled March 3l, 1874 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hosen W. BARLow, of Wyattville, in the county ofIinona and State of lVIin11esota,'have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse-Power Levers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to whichit pertains to makeand use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formpart of this specification.

Figure l is a plan view of a wheel through which the power of thehorse-power is applied, showing a plan of the levers. Fig. 2 is asectional view on the line :o of Fig. l.

The object of my invention is to produce for horse-powers alever thatwill give great power, and at the same time combine the easiest and mostconvenient form for transportation. My invention consists in anarrangement of pairs ot eyes or sockets, one opposite the other, aroundthe edge of the larger gear or powerwheel, and passing from one to theother are certain spliced levers, which in detail more especiallyconstitute my invention.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the power-wheel of a horse-power, havingarranged around its edge a series of sockets B B. D D are a series ofpieces about the circumference of the wheel A, and having at one end theloops b I) with a small space between them. The extensionpieces O C areso arranged and constructed as to lit through the sockets B B and intothe loops b b. The ends ot' the pieces D D opposite from the loops itinto the sockets B.

The advantages of my construction are as follows: I am enabled to extendthe lever across the drivingwheel, so as to make it ot the most powerfulcharacter, and at the same time be able to take it apart, so as to avoidtrouble in transportation. The construction also allows the length ofthe lever to be adjusted, which 011 many occasions is important.

I am aware that levers for horsepowers have been made removable, andhave also been made hinged, so as to economize spacein transportation.Neither ot' these do I claim; but

Hosen w. BA1-:Low

Titnesses WM. B. PHnLPs, ABNER Lnwrs.

Having thus described my invention, what

